Short Stacks Not getting any Love from the Poker Gods

Just over halfway through the first level of day 3 and the poker gods seem to be showing no love to the short stacks. 5 players have already exited including Chris Kinane. Joe Brand opened from the button to 135k and Kinane shoved from the sb for just over a million and Brand called showing the 8♥8♦ while Kinane held the A♠9♣: a coin flip hand with Brand being a slight favorite.

Flop: A♥10♦7♥ turns the tables and makes Kinane the the huge favorite in the hand, a short lived sense of calm by poker gods when